You KNOW HIM You KNOW HIM By Edward V Mitchell
William P. Moffitt Jr known as Buster left golf for business rising in Sears Roebuck High Point. A High Point native star who captained the local team won six city titles and twice played in the National Amateur while serving as captain in the army air corps reserve. He treasures a trophy from an Army Air Force tournament in Bedford England and recalls touring with top pros.
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Buster” Moffitt
Buster
William P. Moffitt, Jr
Sears Roebusk Company
High Point
Moffitt
Johnny Bulla
North Carolina
Johnny Palmer
High Point High School
Continental Life Insurance Company
Sears
Army Air Corps
Air Corps Reserve
American Legion
High Point City
Sedgefield
Carolinas
Army Air Force
Bedford
England
Los Angeles
Little Squire Jim author Marshall nears national release
Robert K. Marshall of North Carolina prepares for the national release of his first novel Little Squire Jim. The Mount Airy native and Ohio Wesleyan English teacher drew from Piedmont life for a story set in Tate boro, with High Point figures shaping the cast. Readers praised its ending and look forward to the trilogy.
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Robert K. Marshall
Squire Jim
Junior Service League
Marshall
Mt. Airy
Bill Carrif
Enterprise
North Carolina
Columbus
Piedmont
Carolna
Jim
Ohio Wesleyan College
Greensboro
High Point
Guilford College
Local firms exceed drive toward Red Cross goal
Seventeen more High Point business firms have surpassed the target in the American Red Cross fund drive, with the city reporting pledges and donations over 10 000 toward a 22 585 quota. Campaign Chairman Joe Temple noted progress at a meeting of the drive divisions, as some areas lagged but momentum grew daily. March is set aside if needed to sustain Red Cross work nationwide. Firms reporting 100 percent employee participation include Logan Porter Mirror, Lilly, Bennett Advertising, Edgar Snider Printing, Sheraton hotel and barber shop, Marsh Furniture, Sun...
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American Red Cross Fund
Joe Temple
Red Cross
Thurston Street
Temple
Logan Porter Mirror Company
Lilly Company
Bennett Advertising Company
Edgar Snider Printing Company
Sheraton Hotel
Marsh Furniture Company
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High Point FHA project plans for Hillcrest Manor housing
Applications filed with the Federal Housing Authority set in motion a $586,800 Hillcrest Manor apartment project on West Lexington Avenue. Curtis Smith Deal Inc. expects construction to start after FHA and city approvals, with 76 two and three bedroom units and private amenities on a six and a half acre site. The project adds to four other FHA housing plans in Greensboro Charlotte Winston-Salem and Reidsville.
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Federal Housing Authority
Curtis Smithdeal, Inc
FHA
Hillcrest Manor
Lexington Avenue
Smith Deal
Greensboro
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Reidsville
W. H. Weaver
Forest Acres Homes
High Point
Community Arts and Crafts Workshop holds registration
Nearly 200 arts and crafts enthusiasts are expected to register Thursday night March 31 at the junior high school art room for the second eight week session starting April 7. Registration runs 7 30 to 9 30 p m and no registrations after March 31. Prior registration is possible at Wick Paint and Wallpaper, 113 East Commerce Street. New classes include leathercraft photography radio production script writing hammered metal and flower arrangement. Needlepoint is dropped while popular courses such as basketry shellcraft painting on wooden bowls etched metal trays textile painting hooked rugs glass etching painting knitting and crocheting plus life drawing oil and water colors will be repeated. Donations from civic groups individuals and sponsoring organizations support the program with contributions from Pkaaaee 10.00 Re GAUD accuas iebeeese4 ae Girl Scouts scseesesees GOO P. TT. A TELTT Teyas Woman's Club 25.00 Behake Wrreiewe Eastern Star jee cscs 5.00 Mrs R T Cottom plywood basket bases Mrs N P Yarborough craft books.
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Frank Carpenter
Wick Paint and Wall Paper Company
East Commerce Street
Pkaaaee
Gaud Accuas
Recreational Institute To Open Here
A week long recreation leadership training institute opens tomorrow at the city lake park in High Point as part of three such programs in North Carolina. Western North Carolina leaders attend with sessions at city facilities and High Point College gym if rain. Instructors include officials from the North Carolina Recreation Commission UNC units and Gardner Webb Junior College with a Friday play day demonstration to showcase learned skills.
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North Carolina
City Lake Park
North Carolina Recreation Commission
North Carolina Recreation Society
Bureau of Recreation
University of North Carolina Extension Division
Recreation Department
City of
High Point
High Point College
Colored Park
Leonard Street
University of North Carolina At
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Greensboro
Eastern Teachers College
Gardner-Webb Junior College
Recreation
American Red Cross
Two Schools Set For Early Pre-School Registration
Pre-school registration will be held Wednesday March 16 at Ada Blair school and Thursday March 17 at Oak Hill school for first grade enrollment in the 1949 50 term. The program includes physical exams and immunizations. Eligible children must be six on or before October 1. Parents urged to attend promptly.
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Ada Blair
Oak Hill
Looking Backward by Joe Leslie
A 1929 recap notes major events from twenty years earlier including Mexican Revolution clashes, a fatal Daytona Beach car crash killing Lee Biff and a Pathé News photographer, Hollywood income tax worries, Asa G. Candler’s Coca Cola fortune story, Clarence Cone’s death during bridge, two fatal explosions in St Joseph Missouri, and a New York Stock Exchange rally tied to upbeat trade news.
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Pathe
Hollywood
Uncle Sam
Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
Coca-Cola
Candler
Southern
Clarence
Cone Pioneer
Greensboro
Merchants and Manufacturers Club
St. Joseph
New York Stock Exchange
Eligibility For Welfare Aid Described
The Guilford Welfare department explains who may receive aid and how to apply. Eligibility for Social Security is limited to wage earners and is not managed by welfare. Old age assistance requires 65 or older and demonstrated need, funded by federal state and county contributions.
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Department of Public Welfare
Guilford Welfare Department
Gladis Kivett
Welfare Department
OAA
Employer-Employe Plans Product Of New Firm Here
A Charlotte firm forms Employer-Employe Benefit Plans Incorporated to improve employer employee relations. Operating in High Point, the firm already serves 12 local companies with plans such as pensions profit sharing group benefits and hospital life insurance. The process starts with an on site analysis and ends with a tailored benefit plan offered at wholesale cost under three phases.
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Rise Up and Walk by Dean Lindley Released
A new book Rise Up and Walk by Dr. Percy Elliott Lindley, dean at High Point College, is described by Chapman and Grimes Inc. as a personal inspiration work aimed at boosting hope and self confidence for general readers.
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Percy Elliott Lindley
High Point College
Chapman and Grimes, Inc
Price War Between Two Beer and Wine Merchants
A brief price war in High Point saw two small merchants cut beer and wine prices by five to up to 15 cents to lure customers. However the rivals reversed the cuts after losses, with other local merchants spurning any discount moves as wholesale prices remain unchanged since last June.
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High Point
Disputed Appointment Forces Action
The State Board of Elections will review the disputed appointment of Robert Martin to the High Point city elections board after a Guilford County meeting. County Chairman Wade Renfrow says Burrows opposed Martin and asked for reconsideration, while the board moved to certify the actions and hours later Martin became chair.
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State Board of Elections
Robert Martin
High Point
City Elections Board
Guilford
Wade Renfrow
State Board
Renfrow
Herman Burrows
Democratic Township
Martin
Burrows
Renfrew
Greensboro
State Board of Fleetions
City Elections Board of
Martin, Baker and
Morris
Baker
Elections Board
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Duke Glee Club Plans March 17 Concert Range Of Selections
The Duke University Men's Glee Club under J Foster Barnes will perform classical and modern numbers at a March 17 concert sponsored by Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. The program includes solo and quartet pieces, a duet, four hand piano accompaniments, and works by Handel Bach Beethoven Gounod Mendelssohn Schumann plus arias from Barber of Seville and La Boheme. Tickets are from the associate board members Ring Harris Pharmacy and Koontz McGhee store.
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Duke University
J. Foster Barnes
Glee Club
Handel
Bach
Beethoven
Gounod
Mendelssohn
Schumann
Guy Spann
Walter Ball
A Musical Trust
Joseph Clokey
Arkansaw Traveler
Aeonisis Guartet
Irving Berlin
Fred Waring
Wesley Memorial Church
Ring-Harris Harmacy
Koontz McGheen
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Vera Idol
W. A. Hayes
Bynum Clegg
Roy Walls, Jr
Joe Leslie
Clarence Cone
Vienna
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lee Bi
Election Board
Jollies
Jay Hollingsworth
Jaycee Jollies
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joe Brown
Lindley
Dean Lindley
Renfrew Says
Fred Flagler, JR
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